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A bright streak tears across the night sky as a burning fireball and tail. A palm tree stands from the bottom center.

Seismometers track atmospheric shock waves from incoming space debris

By Farah Aziz Annesha published

Seismometers Track Atmospheric Shock Waves from Incoming Space Debris

Space Exploration
a white rocket lifts off at night above a plume of fire and smoke

China debuts $553 million spaceport with launch of new Long March-12 rocket (video)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

China debuted its new launch vehicle Long March-12, delivering two experimental satellites into orbit and marking the inaugural flight from the country's first commercial spaceport.

Launches & Spacecraft
The top portion of an orange rocket with a white head stands to the left, connected by umbilical attachments to a large metal launch tower on the right.

Trump may cancel NASA's powerful SLS moon rocket – here's what that would mean for Elon Musk and the future of space travel

By Yang Gao published

Since Donald Trump’s recent electoral victory, rumors and speculation have circulated that NASA's giant moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), could be under threat.

Artemis
An image of the Moon's cratered surface in rainbow colors

China reveals secrets of 1st sample taken from the far side of the moon — and it contains a volcanic surprise

By Stephanie Pappas published

Active volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the far side reveal. 1

The moon
earth rising below a black space sky, with the docking hatch of a spacecraft in the foreground.

China's Tianzhou 7 spacecraft burns up in Earth's atmosphere to end cargo mission (video)

By Andrew Jones published

The Tianzhou 7 spacecraft undocked from China's Tiangong space station on Nov. 10 and reentered Earth's atmosphere at around 8:25 a.m. EST (1325 GMT) on Nov. 17.

Human Spaceflight
Two astroanuts in white spacesuits stand on either side of a red flag, standing in the center on the moon's surface. On the left, a moon lander with two circular solar panels. On the right, a moon rover.

How China plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030 (video)

By Andrew Jones published

China's human spaceflight agency has released a video detailing its plans for a first crewed mission to the moon, including progress on lunar hardware.

The moon
a small black point in the middle upper right is surrounded in a bright swirl of orange and yellow gases, with jets of blue shooting out perpendicular to the swirl.

Chinese private rocket launches 1st satellite for international customer

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

CAS Space successfully launched 15 satellites into Earth orbit, including one for its first foreign client, the Sultanate of Oman.

Launches & Spacecraft
China and the U.S. both have big plans for the Moon, but there are a number of reasons why no country could actually claim ownership of any land there.

The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon’s surface

By Jacco van Loon published

In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Now, both the US and China are preparing to send humans back there this decade.

Human Spaceflight
a large T-shaped space station is seen from above with Earth below it

China's space station experiments are back on Earth

By Leonard David published

Space specialists in China have begun to assess experiment samples brought back by the Shenzhou-18 crew that touched down November 4 in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Space Exploration
An illustration shows the Einstein Probe as it hunts cosmic X-rays.

Sharp 'lobster vision:' China's Einstein Probe space telescope already making discoveries during commissioning phase

By Andrew Jones published

China's Einstein Probe, an X-ray telescope in Earth orbit, has already made several discoveries during its initial commissioning phase.

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